Policing America`s Empire – The United States, the Philippines, and the Rise of…

Policing America's EmpireThe United States, the Philippines, and the Rise of the Surveillance State\nAuthor(s): Alfred W. McCoy, Alfred W. McCoy, R.Anderson Sutton, Thongchai Winichakul\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Wisconsin Press, United States\nImprint: University of Wisconsin Press\nISBN-13: 9780299234140, 978-0299234140\nSynopsis\nAt the dawn of the twentieth century, the [url] Army swiftly occupied Manila and then plunged into a decade-long pacification campaign with striking parallels to today's war in Iraq. Armed with cutting-edge technology from America's first information revolution, the [url] colonial regime created the most modern police and intelligence units anywhere under the American flag. In \""\""Policing America's Empire\""\"" Alfred W. McCoy shows how this imperial panopticon slowly crushed the Filipino revolutionary movement with a lethal mix of firepower, surveillance, and incriminating information. Even after Washington freed its colony and won globa.